Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources and by virtue of the powers vested in me by law , I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby withdraw from sale, lease or settlement and reserve a certain parcel of land of the public domain as Regional Office Site for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (RP-DENR), subject to private rights, if any there be, situated in Barangay Sevilla, City of San Fernando, Province of La Union, Island of Luzon, which parcel of land is more particularly described as follows:

Lot 26699-F

Csd-01-011164-D

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Region I

A PARCEL OF LAND ( Lot 26699-F, Csd-01-011164-D, being a portion of Lot 26699 and identical to Lot 51969, Cad. 539-D, San Fernando Cadastre) situated in Barangay Sevilla, City of San Fernando, Province of La Union, Island of Luzon.

Bounded on the SE and S., along lines 6-1-2 by Lot 3148, Diana Flores, Cad. 539-D, San Fernando Cadastre ; on the SW., along line 2-3 by Road Lot (10.00 m. wide); on the NW. and N., along lines 3-4-5 by Lot 26699-E (Road Lot, 10.00 m. wide) of the subdivision plan; on the SE., along line 5-6 by Lot 3151, Catalina Gurtina, Cad. 539-D, San Fernando Cadastre.

Beginning from a point marked œ1  of Lot 26699-F, on the plan, being S. 13 deg. 36 ™ W., 2197.12 m. from BLLM No. 1, Cad. 539-D, San Fernando Cadastre, thence:

N.	88-42 ™	W.,	40.27	m.	to point 2;
N.	07-50 ™	W.,	73.61	m.	to point 3;
N.	50-25 ™	E.,	5.77	m.	to point 4;
N.	87-45 ™	E.,	51.82	m.	to point 5;
S.	04-26 ™	W.,	23.61	m.	to point 6;
S.	04-11 ™	W.,	56.16	m.	to point of

beginning. Containing an area of Three Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy One (3,771) square meters, more or less.

All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground by P.S. cyl. conc. mons. 15 —40 cms. in diameter. Baerings Grid; date of original survey on September 5 to October 10, 1976; date of subdivision survey: October 28, 1999, executed by Engr. Martin L. Lim III, Public Geodetic Engineer, and approved on May 31, 2001.

The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to issue the corresponding Special Patent in favor of RP-DENR.

IN  WITNESS WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

DONE in the city of Manila, this 9th day of December in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Ten.

	(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
By the President:
(Sgd.)PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary